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“Secret Shopper” Proposal Targets Health Care Fraud
When I was in high school, I worked as a cashier and stock person at a chain drug store. The job was less than thrilling and I often found myself standing alone at the cash register for hours, waiting...
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Politics and Paper
[Editor's note: This is a guest post from Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP), a laboratory manager and author of " Stepwise Success " on ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals .] At a recent user group...
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Comment on Meaningful Use
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally released the long-awaited proposed definition of meaningful use as it applies to electronic health records (EHRs), it opened up a...
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Health Care Reform: What It Means for HIM
After scores of debate, health care reform has finally passed. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law today, launching a landmark overhaul of the health care system. Great-what's it mean...
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Sitting, Waiting, Watching CMS
I called it. "They're going to name someone as soon as I post," I declared in January when I pitched my article about the vacant post at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). At the...
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Obama Finally Nominates Head of CMS
Today, President Obama nominated Dr. Donald Berwick to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dr. Berwick currently...
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MGMA Says New Accounting for Disclosures Rules Are Onerous
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) submitted comments this week to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in response to the request for...
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FTC Delays Red Flags Rule Again
At the request of several Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is further delaying enforcement of the "Red Flags" Rule through Dec. 31, 2010, while Congress considers legislation...
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HHS Launches HealthCare.gov on Facebook
On Sept. 27, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the launch of HealthCare.gov on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Healthcare.gov . "HealthCare.gov on Facebook offers...
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Words Do Matter
(Editor's note: This guest blog is written by Glen McDaniel, a writer and healthcare consultant from Atlanta.) There has been an ongoing debate about the power of vitriolic speech in the aftermath of...
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Record Attendance at 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference
If you attended the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, held in Las Vegas at the Venetian Sands Expo Center from Feb. 20-24, you were part of a record-breaking event. As of Friday morning,...
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AHIMA Weighs in on ICD-10 Delay as Deadline to Submit Comments Approaches
The proposed rule to delay the compliance date for ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013 to Oct. 1, 2014 is posted to the Federal Register, and there is only 1 week left in the 30-day comment period. When proposing...
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Supreme Court Decision on Affordable Care Act Will Boost Confidence in Health...
The much anticipated Supreme Court Decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010 (ACA) act will fortify many health IT initiatives already under way. "I think it is very positive for...
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Care Coordination: Core Competency for Accountable Care
(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Jordan Battani, managing director of CSC's Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices) Healthcare reform in the U.S. is rapidly moving in the...
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Future HIM Professional Builds Connections, Advocates at AHIMA Hill Day 2013
(This guest blog was written by Kayla M. Zirbes of The College of Saint Scholastica. Zirbes is an AHIMA student advisory council member and AHIMA Hill Day 2013 participant.) As a member of the American...
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